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         MGBE MGBE MARTINSBURG. 

Ebe a gwara m na ndị agha nọ na-arụ ọrụ n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè na Martinsburg, m kwagara n'ehihie nke 17th nke Septemba, na ngalaba Rodes' na Gordon, na Braxton's artillery, na Bunker Hill, na, n'ụtụtụ nke 18th. , ya na ngalaba Gordon na akụkụ nke ogbunigwe na Martinsburg, nke otu akụkụ nke ndị agha Lomax bu ụzọ. Ndị agha ịnyịnya nke Averill si n'obodo ahụ gafee Opequon n'ụzọ Charlestown, anyị laghachiri na Bunker Hill. A hapụrụ Gordon na Bunker Hill, na-enye iwu ịkwaga na ebe nchekwa Stephenson site n'ọwụwa anyanwụ n'ụtụtụ echi, yana Rodes' nkewa kwagara n'ebe ikpeazụ n'abalị ahụ, bụ́ ebe m lọghachiri. Na Martinsburg, bụ́ ebe ndị iro ahụ nwere ụlọ ọrụ telifon, amụtara m na Grant nọnyeere Sheridan n’ụbọchị ahụ, echere m na a ga-ebuli ya n’oge.

ỌGWỤ WIINCHESTER.

N'ụtụtụ nke 19th, a kpọbatara ndị agha ịnyịnya anyị na-agafe Opequon n'okporo ụzọ Berryville, na ebe e ziteere m ozi nke eziokwu ahụ, m nyere iwu ozugbo ndị agha niile nọ n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Stephenson ka ha dị njikere. ịkwaga, ntụzịaka a na-enye Gordon, onye si na Bunker Hill bịa, ka ọ kwaga ozugbo, mana, site na mmejọ ụfọdụ n'akụkụ onye ọrụ m, iwu nke ikpeazụ abụghị. ewegara General Breckenridge ma ọ bụ Gordon. M gbara ọsọ ozugbo ruo ebe Ramseur, wee hụ ndị agha ya ka ha nọ n'ahịrị gafee okporo ụzọ Berryville na ndị iro na-alụ ọgụ. Tupu iru N'okwu a, achọpụtara m na Gordon adịghị emegharị ahụ, ma zighachi ya azụ, ma ugbu a na-achọpụta na ọganihu nke ndị iro bụ ihe dị adị na ike dị arọ, ezigara m Breckenridge na Rodes iwu ka ha gaa n'ike n'ike dị ka o kwere mee. Ọnọdụ nke Ramseur nwere, dị ihe dị ka otu maịl na ọkara site na Winchester, n'elu ugwu dị elu n'etiti Abraham's Creek na Red Bud Run. Osimiri Abraham gafere